1978 FIFA World Cup squads

Below are the squads for the 1978 FIFA World Cup final tournament in Argentina.

Group 1

Argentina

Head coach: César Luis Menotti

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	3 MF	Norberto Alonso	(1953-01-04)4 January 1953 (aged 25)	6	River Plate
2	3 MF	Osvaldo Ardiles	(1952-08-03)3 August 1952 (aged 25)	33	Huracán
3	1 GK	Héctor Baley	(1950-11-16)16 November 1950 (aged 27)	10	Huracán
4	4 FW	Daniel Bertoni	(1955-03-14)14 March 1955 (aged 23)	16	Independiente
5	1 GK	Ubaldo Fillol	(1950-07-21)21 July 1950 (aged 27)	7	River Plate
6	3 MF	Américo Gallego	(1955-04-25)25 April 1955 (aged 23)	34	Newell's Old Boys
7	2 DF	Luis Galván	(1948-02-24)24 February 1948 (aged 30)	7	Talleres de Córdoba
8	3 MF	Rubén Galván	(1952-04-07)7 April 1952 (aged 26)	6	Independiente
9	4 FW	René Houseman	(1953-07-19)19 July 1953 (aged 24)	41	Huracán
10	4 FW	Mario Kempes	(1954-07-15)15 July 1954 (aged 23)	24	Valencia
11	2 DF	Daniel Killer	(1949-12-21)21 December 1949 (aged 28)	21	Racing Club
12	3 MF	Omar Larrosa	(1947-11-18)18 November 1947 (aged 30)	9	Independiente
13	1 GK	Ricardo La Volpe	(1952-02-06)6 February 1952 (aged 26)	8	San Lorenzo
14	4 FW	Leopoldo Luque	(1949-05-03)3 May 1949 (aged 29)	27	River Plate
15	2 DF	Jorge Olguin	(1952-05-17)17 May 1952 (aged 26)	22	San Lorenzo
16	4 FW	Oscar Ortiz	(1953-04-08)8 April 1953 (aged 25)	15	River Plate
17	3 MF	Miguel Oviedo	(1950-10-12)12 October 1950 (aged 27)	6	Talleres de Córdoba
18	2 DF	Rubén Pagnanini	(1949-01-31)31 January 1949 (aged 29)	4	Independiente
19	2 DF	Daniel Passarella (captain)	(1953-05-25)25 May 1953 (aged 25)	18	River Plate
20	2 DF	Alberto Tarantini	(1955-12-03)3 December 1955 (aged 22)	26	Free agent [a]
21	3 MF	José Daniel Valencia	(1955-10-03)3 October 1955 (aged 22)	16	Talleres de Córdoba
22	3 MF	Ricardo Villa	(1952-08-18)18 August 1952 (aged 25)	13	Racing Club

Note that this squad is numbered alphabetically by surname, unlike traditional numbering systems where the goalkeeper has shirt number 1 and so forth.

France

Head coach: Michel Hidalgo

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1 GK	Dominique Baratelli	(1947-12-26)26 December 1947 (aged 30)	18	Nice
2	2 DF	Patrick Battiston	(1957-03-12)12 March 1957 (aged 21)	5	Metz
3	2 DF	Maxime Bossis	(1955-06-26)26 June 1955 (aged 22)	11	Nantes
4	2 DF	Gérard Janvion	(1953-08-21)21 August 1953 (aged 24)	15	Saint-Étienne
5	2 DF	François Bracci	(1951-11-06)6 November 1951 (aged 26)	15	Marseille
6	2 DF	Christian Lopez	(1953-03-15)15 March 1953 (aged 25)	12	Saint-Étienne
7	2 DF	Patrice Rio	(1948-08-15)15 August 1948 (aged 29)	15	Nantes
8	2 DF	Marius Trésor (captain)	(1950-01-15)15 January 1950 (aged 28)	36	Marseille
9	3 MF	Dominique Bathenay	(1954-02-13)13 February 1954 (aged 24)	12	Saint-Étienne
10	3 MF	Jean-Marc Guillou	(1945-12-20)20 December 1945 (aged 32)	18	Nice
11	3 MF	Henri Michel	(1947-10-28)28 October 1947 (aged 30)	52	Nantes
12	3 MF	Claude Papi	(1949-04-16)16 April 1949 (aged 29)	2	Bastia
13	3 MF	Jean Petit	(1949-09-25)25 September 1949 (aged 28)	3	Monaco
14	4 FW	Marc Berdoll	(1953-04-06)6 April 1953 (aged 25)	10	Marseille
15	3 MF	Michel Platini	(1955-06-21)21 June 1955 (aged 22)	15	Nancy
16	4 FW	Christian Dalger	(1949-12-19)19 December 1949 (aged 28)	5	Monaco
17	4 FW	Bernard Lacombe	(1952-08-15)15 August 1952 (aged 25)	14	Lyon
18	3 MF	Dominique Rocheteau	(1955-01-14)14 January 1955 (aged 23)	10	Saint-Étienne
19	3 MF	Didier Six	(1954-08-21)21 August 1954 (aged 23)	15	Lens
20	4 FW	Olivier Rouyer	(1955-12-01)1 December 1955 (aged 22)	9	Nancy
21	1 GK	Jean-Paul Bertrand-Demanes	(1952-05-23)23 May 1952 (aged 26)	9	Nantes
22	1 GK	Dominique Dropsy	(1951-12-09)9 December 1951 (aged 26)	0	Strasbourg

Hungary

Head coach: Lajos Baróti

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1 GK	Sándor Gujdár	(1951-11-08)8 November 1951 (aged 26)	19	Budapest Honvéd
2	2 DF	Péter Török	(1951-04-18)18 April 1951 (aged 27)	29	Vasas
3	2 DF	István Kocsis	(1949-10-06)6 October 1949 (aged 28)	6	Budapest Honvéd
4	3 MF	József Tóth	(1951-12-02)2 December 1951 (aged 26)	25	Újpesti Dózsa
5	3 MF	Sándor Zombori	(1951-10-31)31 October 1951 (aged 26)	16	Vasas
6	2 DF	Zoltán Kereki (captain)	(1953-07-13)13 July 1953 (aged 24)	24	Haladás
7	4 FW	László Fazekas	(1947-10-15)15 October 1947 (aged 30)	71	Újpesti Dózsa
8	4 FW	Tibor Nyilasi	(1955-01-18)18 January 1955 (aged 23)	26	Ferencváros
9	4 FW	András Törőcsik	(1955-05-01)1 May 1955 (aged 23)	11	Újpesti Dózsa
10	3 MF	Sándor Pintér	(1950-07-18)18 July 1950 (aged 27)	32	Budapest Honvéd
11	4 FW	Béla Várady	(1953-04-12)12 April 1953 (aged 25)	28	Vasas
12	2 DF	Győző Martos	(1949-12-15)15 December 1949 (aged 28)	11	Ferencváros
13	3 MF	Károly Csapó	(1952-02-23)23 February 1952 (aged 26)	5	Tatabányai
14	2 DF	László Bálint	(1948-02-01)1 February 1948 (aged 30)	54	Ferencváros
15	2 DF	Tibor Rab	(1955-10-02)2 October 1955 (aged 22)	11	Ferencváros
16	3 MF	István Halász	(1951-10-12)12 October 1951 (aged 26)	3	Tatabányai
17	4 FW	László Pusztai	(1946-03-01)1 March 1946 (aged 32)	22	Ferencváros
18	3 MF	László Nagy	(1949-10-21)21 October 1949 (aged 28)	21	Újpesti Dózsa
19	4 FW	András Tóth	(1949-09-05)5 September 1949 (aged 28)	14	Újpesti Dózsa
20	3 MF	Ferenc Fülöp	(1955-02-22)22 February 1955 (aged 23)	0	MTK
21	1 GK	Ferenc Mészáros	(1950-04-11)11 April 1950 (aged 28)	13	Vasas
22	1 GK	László Kovács	(1951-04-24)24 April 1951 (aged 27)	12	Videoton

Italy

Head coach: Enzo Bearzot

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1 GK	Dino Zoff (captain)	(1942-02-28)28 February 1942 (aged 36)	63	Juventus
2	2 DF	Mauro Bellugi	(1950-02-07)7 February 1950 (aged 28)	22	Bologna
3	2 DF	Antonio Cabrini	(1957-10-08)8 October 1957 (aged 20)	0	Juventus
4	2 DF	Antonello Cuccureddu	(1949-10-04)4 October 1949 (aged 28)	6	Juventus
5	2 DF	Claudio Gentile	(1953-09-27)27 September 1953 (aged 24)	16	Juventus
6	2 DF	Aldo Maldera	(1953-10-14)14 October 1953 (aged 24)	5	Milan
7	2 DF	Lionello Manfredonia	(1956-11-27)27 November 1956 (aged 21)	3	Lazio
8	2 DF	Gaetano Scirea	(1953-05-25)25 May 1953 (aged 25)	9	Juventus
9	3 MF	Giancarlo Antognoni	(1954-04-01)1 April 1954 (aged 24)	28	Fiorentina
10	3 MF	Romeo Benetti	(1945-10-20)20 October 1945 (aged 32)	40	Juventus
11	3 MF	Eraldo Pecci	(1955-04-12)12 April 1955 (aged 23)	5	Torino
12	1 GK	Paolo Conti	(1950-04-01)1 April 1950 (aged 28)	2	Roma
13	3 MF	Patrizio Sala	(1955-06-16)16 June 1955 (aged 22)	5	Torino
14	3 MF	Marco Tardelli	(1954-09-24)24 September 1954 (aged 23)	19	Juventus
15	3 MF	Renato Zaccarelli	(1951-01-18)18 January 1951 (aged 27)	14	Torino
16	3 MF	Franco Causio	(1949-02-01)1 February 1949 (aged 29)	33	Juventus
17	3 MF	Claudio Sala	(1947-09-08)8 September 1947 (aged 30)	15	Torino
18	4 FW	Roberto Bettega	(1950-12-27)27 December 1950 (aged 27)	16	Juventus
19	4 FW	Francesco Graziani	(1952-12-16)16 December 1952 (aged 25)	22	Torino
20	4 FW	Paolo Pulici	(1950-04-27)27 April 1950 (aged 28)	18	Torino
21	4 FW	Paolo Rossi	(1956-09-23)23 September 1956 (aged 21)	2	Vicenza
22	1 GK	Ivano Bordon	(1951-04-13)13 April 1951 (aged 27)	1	Internazionale

Note: With the exception of the goalkeepers, who were assigned the traditional shirt numbers for the role (1, 12 and 22) the Italian team was numbered alphabetically within their respective positions – Defenders (from 2 to 8), Midfielders (from 9 to 15), Wingers (16 and 17) and Forwards (from 18 to 21).

Group 2

Mexico

Head coach: José Antonio Roca

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1 GK	José Pilar Reyes	(1955-10-12)12 October 1955 (aged 22)	9	Tigres UANL
2	2 DF	Manuel Nájera	(1952-12-20)20 December 1952 (aged 25)	18	Leones Negros
3	2 DF	Alfredo Tena	(1956-11-21)21 November 1956 (aged 21)	5	América
4	2 DF	Eduardo Ramos	(1949-11-08)8 November 1949 (aged 28)	36	Toluca
5	2 DF	Arturo Vázquez Ayala (captain)	(1949-06-26)26 June 1949 (aged 28)	34	UNAM Pumas
6	3 MF	Guillermo Mendizábal	(1954-10-08)8 October 1954 (aged 23)	5	Cruz Azul
7	3 MF	Antonio de la Torre	(1951-09-21)21 September 1951 (aged 26)	41	América
8	3 MF	Enrique López Zarza	(1957-10-25)25 October 1957 (aged 20)	5	UNAM Pumas
9	4 FW	Víctor Rangel	(1957-03-11)11 March 1957 (aged 21)	9	Guadalajara
10	4 FW	Cristóbal Ortega	(1956-07-25)25 July 1956 (aged 21)	9	América
11	4 FW	Hugo Sánchez	(1958-07-11)11 July 1958 (aged 19)	11	UNAM Pumas
12	2 DF	Jesús Martínez	(1952-06-07)7 June 1952 (aged 25)	0	América
13	2 DF	Rigoberto Cisneros	(1953-08-15)15 August 1953 (aged 24)	3	Toluca
14	2 DF	Carlos Gómez	(1952-08-16)16 August 1952 (aged 25)	5	León
15	2 DF	Ignacio Flores Ocaranza	(1953-07-31)31 July 1953 (aged 24)	4	Cruz Azul
16	3 MF	Javier Cárdenas	(1952-12-08)8 December 1952 (aged 25)	10	Toluca
17	3 MF	Leonardo Cuéllar	(1952-01-14)14 January 1952 (aged 26)	29	UNAM Pumas
18	3 MF	Gerardo Lugo	(1955-03-13)13 March 1955 (aged 23)	3	Atlante
19	4 FW	Hugo René Rodríguez	(1959-03-14)14 March 1959 (aged 19)	2	Laguna
20	4 FW	Mario Medina	(1952-09-02)2 September 1952 (aged 25)	5	Toluca
21	4 FW	Raúl Isiordia	(1952-12-22)22 December 1952 (aged 25)	8	Atlético Español
22	1 GK	Pedro Soto	(1952-10-22)22 October 1952 (aged 25)	1	América

Poland

Head coach: Jacek Gmoch

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1 GK	Jan Tomaszewski	(1948-01-09)9 January 1948 (aged 30)	57	ŁKS Łódź
2	4 FW	Włodzimierz Mazur	(1954-04-18)18 April 1954 (aged 24)	7	Zagłębie Sosnowiec
3	2 DF	Henryk Maculewicz	(1950-04-24)24 April 1950 (aged 28)	14	Wisła Kraków
4	2 DF	Antoni Szymanowski	(1951-01-13)13 January 1951 (aged 27)	61	Wisła Kraków
5	3 MF	Adam Nawałka	(1957-10-23)23 October 1957 (aged 20)	11	Wisła Kraków
6	2 DF	Jerzy Gorgoń	(1949-07-18)18 July 1949 (aged 28)	50	Górnik Zabrze
7	4 FW	Andrzej Iwan	(1959-11-10)10 November 1959 (aged 18)	0	Wisła Kraków
8	3 MF	Henryk Kasperczak	(1946-07-10)10 July 1946 (aged 31)	55	Stal Mielec
9	2 DF	Władysław Żmuda	(1954-06-06)6 June 1954 (aged 23)	44	Śląsk Wrocław
10	2 DF	Wojciech Rudy	(1952-10-24)24 October 1952 (aged 25)	14	Zagłębie Sosnowiec
11	3 MF	Bohdan Masztaler	(1949-09-19)19 September 1949 (aged 28)	16	ŁKS Łódź
12	3 MF	Kazimierz Deyna (captain)	(1947-10-23)23 October 1947 (aged 30)	91	Legia Warsaw
13	2 DF	Janusz Kupcewicz	(1955-12-09)9 December 1955 (aged 22)	2	Arka Gdynia
14	2 DF	Mirosław Justek	(1948-09-23)23 September 1948 (aged 29)	3	Lech Poznań
15	3 MF	Marek Kusto	(1954-04-29)29 April 1954 (aged 24)	11	Legia Warsaw
16	4 FW	Grzegorz Lato	(1950-04-08)8 April 1950 (aged 28)	59	Stal Mielec
17	4 FW	Andrzej Szarmach	(1950-10-03)3 October 1950 (aged 27)	49	Stal Mielec
18	3 MF	Zbigniew Boniek	(1956-03-03)3 March 1956 (aged 22)	21	Widzew Łódź
19	4 FW	Włodzimierz Lubański	(1947-02-28)28 February 1947 (aged 31)	69	Lokeren
20	2 DF	Roman Wójcicki	(1958-01-08)8 January 1958 (aged 20)	1	Odra Opole
21	1 GK	Zygmunt Kukla	(1948-01-21)21 January 1948 (aged 30)	5	Stal Mielec
22	1 GK	Zdzisław Kostrzewa	(1955-10-26)26 October 1955 (aged 22)	1	Zagłębie Sosnowiec

Tunisia

Head coach: Abdelmajid Chetali

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1 GK	Sadok "Attouga" Sassi	(1945-11-15)15 November 1945 (aged 32)	1	Club Africain
2	2 DF	Mokhtar Dhouieb	(1952-03-23)23 March 1952 (aged 26)	2	CS Sfaxien
3	2 DF	Ali Kaabi	(1953-11-15)15 November 1953 (aged 24)	2	COT Tunis
4	3 MF	Khaled Gasmi	(1953-04-08)8 April 1953 (aged 25)	2	CA Bizertin
5	2 DF	Mohsen "Jendoubi" Labidi	(1954-01-15)15 January 1954 (aged 24)	2	Stade Tunis
6	3 MF	Néjib Ghommidh	(1953-03-12)12 March 1953 (aged 25)	2	Club Africain
7	4 FW	Témime Lahzami (captain)	(1949-01-01)1 January 1949 (aged 29)	2	Al-Ittihad
8	3 MF	Hamadi Agrebi	(1951-03-20)20 March 1951 (aged 27)	1	CS Sfaxien
9	4 FW	Mohamed Akid	(1949-07-05)5 July 1949 (aged 28)	2	CS Sfaxien
10	3 MF	Tarak Dhiab	(1954-07-15)15 July 1954 (aged 23)	4	Espérance
11	4 FW	Abderraouf Ben Aziza	(1953-09-23)23 September 1953 (aged 24)	2	Étoile Sportive du Sahel
12	3 MF	Khemais Labidi	(1950-08-30)30 August 1950 (aged 27)	2	JS Kairouan
13	4 FW	Néjib Limam	(1953-06-12)12 June 1953 (aged 24)	1	Stade Tunis
14	4 FW	Slah Karoui	(1951-09-11)11 September 1951 (aged 26)	0	Étoile Sportive du Sahel
15	4 FW	Mohamed Ben Moussa	(1954-04-05)5 April 1954 (aged 24)	?	Club Africain
16	4 FW	Ohman Chehaibi	(1954-12-23)23 December 1954 (aged 23)	?	JS Kairouan
17	2 DF	Ridha El Louze	(1953-04-27)27 April 1953 (aged 25)	?	Sfax Railways Sports
18	2 DF	Kamel Chebli	(1954-03-09)9 March 1954 (aged 24)	1	Club Africain
19	4 FW	Mokhtar Hasni	(1952-03-19)19 March 1952 (aged 26)	1	La Louvière
20	2 DF	Amor Jebali	(1956-12-24)24 December 1956 (aged 21)	1	AS Marsa
21	1 GK	Lamine Ben Aziza	(1952-11-10)10 November 1952 (aged 25)	?	Étoile Sportive du Sahel
22	1 GK	Mokhtar Naili	(1953-09-03)3 September 1953 (aged 24)	1	Club Africain

West Germany

Head coach: Helmut Schön

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1 GK	Sepp Maier	(1944-02-28)28 February 1944 (aged 34)	83	Bayern Munich
2	2 DF	Berti Vogts (captain)	(1946-12-30)30 December 1946 (aged 31)	90	Borussia Mönchengladbach
3	2 DF	Bernard Dietz	(1948-03-22)22 March 1948 (aged 30)	24	MSV Duisburg
4	3 MF	Rolf Rüssmann	(1950-10-13)13 October 1950 (aged 27)	13	Schalke 04
5	2 DF	Manfred Kaltz	(1953-01-06)6 January 1953 (aged 25)	15	Hamburger SV
6	3 MF	Rainer Bonhof	(1952-03-29)29 March 1952 (aged 26)	34	Borussia Mönchengladbach
7	4 FW	Rüdiger Abramczik	(1956-02-18)18 February 1956 (aged 22)	12	Schalke 04
8	4 FW	Herbert Zimmermann	(1954-07-01)1 July 1954 (aged 23)	4	1. FC Köln
9	4 FW	Klaus Fischer	(1949-12-27)27 December 1949 (aged 28)	12	Schalke 04
10	3 MF	Heinz Flohe	(1948-01-28)28 January 1948 (aged 30)	35	1. FC Köln
11	4 FW	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	(1955-09-25)25 September 1955 (aged 22)	12	Bayern Munich
12	2 DF	Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck	(1948-04-03)3 April 1948 (aged 30)	44	Bayern Munich
13	2 DF	Harald Konopka	(1952-11-18)18 November 1952 (aged 25)	0	1. FC Köln
14	4 FW	Dieter Müller	(1954-04-01)1 April 1954 (aged 24)	8	1. FC Köln
15	3 MF	Erich Beer	(1946-12-09)9 December 1946 (aged 31)	20	Hertha BSC
16	3 MF	Bernhard Cullmann	(1949-11-01)1 November 1949 (aged 28)	22	1. FC Köln
17	4 FW	Bernd Hölzenbein	(1946-03-09)9 March 1946 (aged 32)	37	Eintracht Frankfurt
18	3 MF	Gerd Zewe	(1950-06-13)13 June 1950 (aged 27)	0	Fortuna Düsseldorf
19	4 FW	Ronald Worm	(1953-10-07)7 October 1953 (aged 24)	6	MSV Duisburg
20	3 MF	Hansi Müller	(1957-07-27)27 July 1957 (aged 20)	2	VfB Stuttgart
21	1 GK	Rudolf Kargus	(1952-08-15)15 August 1952 (aged 25)	3	Hamburger SV
22	1 GK	Dieter Burdenski	(1950-11-26)26 November 1950 (aged 27)	2	Werder Bremen

Group 3

Austria

Head coach: Helmut Senekowitsch

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1 GK	Friedrich Koncilia	(1948-02-25)25 February 1948 (aged 30)	37	SSW Innsbruck
2	2 DF	Robert Sara (captain)	(1946-06-09)9 June 1946 (aged 31)	37	Austria Wien
3	2 DF	Erich Obermayer	(1953-01-23)23 January 1953 (aged 25)	10	Austria Wien
4	2 DF	Gerhard Breitenberger	(1954-10-14)14 October 1954 (aged 23)	11	VÖEST Linz
5	2 DF	Bruno Pezzey	(1955-02-03)3 February 1955 (aged 23)	25	SSW Innsbruck
6	3 MF	Roland Hattenberger	(1948-12-07)7 December 1948 (aged 29)	23	VfB Stuttgart
7	3 MF	Josef Hickersberger	(1948-04-27)27 April 1948 (aged 30)	33	Fortuna Düsseldorf
8	3 MF	Herbert Prohaska	(1955-08-08)8 August 1955 (aged 22)	27	Austria Wien
9	4 FW	Hans Krankl	(1953-02-14)14 February 1953 (aged 25)	34	Rapid Wien
10	4 FW	Wilhelm Kreuz	(1949-05-29)29 May 1949 (aged 29)	35	Feyenoord
11	3 MF	Kurt Jara	(1950-10-14)14 October 1950 (aged 27)	29	MSV Duisburg
12	3 MF	Eduard Krieger	(1946-12-16)16 December 1946 (aged 31)	20	Club Brugge
13	3 MF	Günther Happich	(1952-01-28)28 January 1952 (aged 26)	4	Wiener Sport-Club
14	2 DF	Heinrich Strasser	(1948-10-26)26 October 1948 (aged 29)	20	Admira/Wacker
15	2 DF	Heribert Weber	(1955-06-28)28 June 1955 (aged 22)	7	Sturm Graz
16	2 DF	Peter Persidis	(1947-03-08)8 March 1947 (aged 31)	7	Rapid Wien
17	4 FW	Franz Oberacher	(1954-03-24)24 March 1954 (aged 24)	3	SSW Innsbruck
18	4 FW	Walter Schachner	(1957-02-01)1 February 1957 (aged 21)	6	DSV Alpine Donawitz
19	4 FW	Hans Pirkner	(1946-03-25)25 March 1946 (aged 32)	18	Austria Wien
20	3 MF	Ernst Baumeister	(1957-01-22)22 January 1957 (aged 21)	1	Austria Wien
21	1 GK	Erwin Fuchsbichler	(1952-03-27)27 March 1952 (aged 26)	2	VÖEST Linz
22	1 GK	Hubert Baumgartner	(1955-02-25)25 February 1955 (aged 23)	1	Austria Wien

Brazil

Head coach: Cláudio Coutinho

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1 GK	Leão	(1949-07-11)11 July 1949 (aged 28)	50	Palmeiras
2	2 DF	Toninho	(1948-06-07)7 June 1948 (aged 29)	4	Flamengo
3	2 DF	Oscar	(1954-06-20)20 June 1954 (aged 23)	4	Ponte Preta
4	2 DF	Amaral	(1954-12-25)25 December 1954 (aged 23)	22	Guarani
5	3 MF	Toninho Cerezo	(1955-04-21)21 April 1955 (aged 23)	16	Atlético Mineiro
6	2 DF	Edinho	(1955-06-05)5 June 1955 (aged 22)	12	Fluminense
7	4 FW	Zé Sérgio	(1957-03-08)8 March 1957 (aged 21)	2	São Paulo
8	3 MF	Zico	(1953-03-03)3 March 1953 (aged 25)	21	Flamengo
9	4 FW	Reinaldo	(1957-01-11)11 January 1957 (aged 21)	12	Atlético Mineiro
10	4 FW	Rivellino (captain)	(1946-01-01)1 January 1946 (aged 32)	88	Fluminense
11	3 MF	Dirceu	(1952-06-15)15 June 1952 (aged 25)	14	Vasco da Gama
12	1 GK	Carlos	(1956-03-04)4 March 1956 (aged 22)	0	Ponte Preta
13	2 DF	Nelinho	(1950-07-26)26 July 1950 (aged 27)	13	Cruzeiro
14	2 DF	Abel	(1952-09-01)1 September 1952 (aged 25)	1	Vasco da Gama
15	2 DF	Polozzi	(1955-10-01)1 October 1955 (aged 22)	0	Ponte Preta
16	2 DF	Rodrigues Neto	(1949-12-06)6 December 1949 (aged 28)	7	Botafogo
17	3 MF	Batista	(1955-03-08)8 March 1955 (aged 23)	4	Internacional
18	4 FW	Gil	(1950-12-24)24 December 1950 (aged 27)	22	Botafogo
19	4 FW	Jorge Mendonça	(1954-06-06)6 June 1954 (aged 23)	0	Palmeiras
20	4 FW	Roberto Dinamite	(1954-04-13)13 April 1954 (aged 24)	20	Vasco da Gama
21	3 MF	Chicão	(1949-01-30)30 January 1949 (aged 29)	5	São Paulo
22	1 GK	Waldir Peres	(1951-02-02)2 February 1951 (aged 27)	5	São Paulo

Spain

Head coach: Ladislao Kubala

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1 GK	Luis Arconada	(1954-06-26)26 June 1954 (aged 23)	6	Real Sociedad
2	2 DF	Antonio de la Cruz	(1947-05-07)7 May 1947 (aged 31)	5	Barcelona
3	2 DF	Francisco Javier Uría	(1950-02-01)1 February 1950 (aged 28)	5	Sporting Gijón
4	3 MF	Juan Manuel Asensi	(1949-09-23)23 September 1949 (aged 28)	25	Barcelona
5	2 DF	Migueli	(1951-12-19)19 December 1951 (aged 26)	13	Barcelona
6	2 DF	Antonio Biosca	(1948-12-08)8 December 1948 (aged 29)	1	Real Betis
7	4 FW	Dani	(1951-06-28)28 June 1951 (aged 26)	7	Athletic Bilbao
8	4 FW	Juanito	(1954-11-10)10 November 1954 (aged 23)	6	Real Madrid
9	4 FW	Quini	(1949-09-23)23 September 1949 (aged 28)	22	Sporting Gijón
10	4 FW	Santillana	(1952-08-23)23 August 1952 (aged 25)	9	Real Madrid
11	3 MF	Julio Cardeñosa	(1949-10-27)27 October 1949 (aged 28)	3	Real Betis
12	3 MF	Antonio Guzmán	(1953-12-02)2 December 1953 (aged 24)	1	Rayo Vallecano
13	1 GK	Miguel Ángel	(1947-12-24)24 December 1947 (aged 30)	11	Real Madrid
14	3 MF	Eugenio Leal	(1953-05-13)13 May 1953 (aged 25)	7	Atlético Madrid
15	4 FW	Marañón	(1948-07-23)23 July 1948 (aged 29)	4	Español
16	2 DF	Antonio Olmo	(1954-01-18)18 January 1954 (aged 24)	4	Barcelona
17	2 DF	Marcelino	(1955-08-13)13 August 1955 (aged 22)	3	Atlético Madrid
18	2 DF	Pirri (captain)	(1945-03-11)11 March 1945 (aged 33)	39	Real Madrid
19	3 MF	Carles Rexach	(1947-01-13)13 January 1947 (aged 31)	14	Barcelona
20	4 FW	Rubén Cano	(1951-02-05)5 February 1951 (aged 27)	6	Atlético Madrid
21	2 DF	Isidoro San José	(1955-10-27)27 October 1955 (aged 22)	4	Real Madrid
22	1 GK	Urruti	(1952-02-17)17 February 1952 (aged 26)	1	Español

Sweden

Head coach: Georg Ericson

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1 GK	Ronnie Hellström	(1949-02-21)21 February 1949 (aged 29)	66	1. FC Kaiserslautern
2	2 DF	Hasse Borg	(1953-08-04)4 August 1953 (aged 24)	14	Eintracht Braunschweig
3	2 DF	Roy Andersson	(1949-08-02)2 August 1949 (aged 28)	16	Malmö FF
4	2 DF	Björn Nordqvist (captain)	(1942-10-06)6 October 1942 (aged 35)	108	IFK Göteborg
5	2 DF	Ingemar Erlandsson	(1957-11-16)16 November 1957 (aged 20)	3	Malmö FF
6	3 MF	Staffan Tapper	(1948-07-10)10 July 1948 (aged 29)	34	Malmö FF
7	3 MF	Anders Linderoth	(1950-03-21)21 March 1950 (aged 28)	27	Marseille
8	3 MF	Bo Larsson	(1944-05-05)5 May 1944 (aged 34)	67	Malmö FF
9	3 MF	Lennart Larsson	(1953-07-09)9 July 1953 (aged 24)	14	Schalke 04
10	4 FW	Thomas Sjöberg	(1952-07-06)6 July 1952 (aged 25)	29	Malmö FF
11	4 FW	Benny Wendt	(1950-11-04)4 November 1950 (aged 27)	14	1. FC Kaiserslautern
12	1 GK	Göran Hagberg	(1947-11-08)8 November 1947 (aged 30)	13	Östers IF
13	2 DF	Magnus Andersson	(1958-04-23)23 April 1958 (aged 20)	4	Malmö FF
14	3 MF	Ronald Åhman	(1957-01-31)31 January 1957 (aged 21)	1	Örebro SK
15	4 FW	Torbjörn Nilsson	(1954-07-09)9 July 1954 (aged 23)	8	IFK Göteborg
16	4 FW	Conny Torstensson	(1949-08-28)28 August 1949 (aged 28)	37	Zürich
17	1 GK	Jan Möller	(1953-09-17)17 September 1953 (aged 24)	0	Malmö FF
18	3 MF	Olle Nordin	(1949-11-23)23 November 1949 (aged 28)	11	IFK Göteborg
19	2 DF	Kent Karlsson	(1945-11-25)25 November 1945 (aged 32)	38	IFK Eskilstuna
20	2 DF	Roland Andersson	(1950-03-28)28 March 1950 (aged 28)	18	Malmö FF
21	4 FW	Sanny Åslund	(1952-08-29)29 August 1952 (aged 25)	3	AIK
22	4 FW	Ralf Edström	(1952-10-07)7 October 1952 (aged 25)	31	IFK Göteborg

Group 4

Iran

Head coach: Heshmat Mohajerani

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1 GK	Nasser Hejazi	(1949-12-14)14 December 1949 (aged 28)	47	Shahbaz
2	3 MF	Iraj Danaeifard	(1951-03-11)11 March 1951 (aged 27)	7	Taj
3	4 FW	Behtash Fariba	(1955-02-11)11 February 1955 (aged 23)	3	Pas
4	3 MF	Majid Bishkar	(1956-08-06)6 August 1956 (aged 21)	0	Shahbaz
5	2 DF	Javad Allahverdi	(1952-06-16)16 June 1952 (aged 25)	1	Persepolis
6	2 DF	Hassan Nayebagha	(1950-09-17)17 September 1950 (aged 27)	18	Homa FC
7	3 MF	Ali Parvin (captain)	(1946-10-12)12 October 1946 (aged 31)	7	Persepolis
8	3 MF	Ebrahim Ghasempour	(1957-09-11)11 September 1957 (aged 20)	1	Shahbaz
9	3 MF	Mohammad Sadeghi	(1952-03-16)16 March 1952 (aged 26)	3	Persepolis
10	4 FW	Hassan Rowshan	(1955-06-02)2 June 1955 (aged 22)	4	Taj
11	2 DF	Alireza Ghashghaean	(1954-02-27)27 February 1954 (aged 24)	?	Bargh Shiraz
12	1 GK	Bahram Mavaddat	(1950-01-30)30 January 1950 (aged 28)	?	Sepahan
13	4 FW	Hamid Majd Teymouri	(1953-06-03)3 June 1953 (aged 24)	?	Shahbaz
14	2 DF	Hassan Nazari	(1956 -08-19)19 August 1956 (aged 21)	4	Taj
15	2 DF	Andranik Eskandarian	(1951-12-31)31 December 1951 (aged 26)	4	Taj
16	4 FW	Nasser Nouraei	(1956-07-09)9 July 1956 (aged 21)	?	Homa FC
17	4 FW	Ghafour Jahani	(1951-06-19)19 June 1951 (aged 26)	1	Malavan
18	4 FW	Hossein Faraki	(1956-04-19)19 April 1956 (aged 22)	1	Pas
19	3 MF	Ali Shojaei	(1953-03-23)23 March 1953 (aged 25)	?	Zob Ahan
20	2 DF	Nasrollah Abdollahi	(1951-09-02)2 September 1951 (aged 26)	3	Shahbaz
21	2 DF	Hossein Kazerani	(1947-04-13)13 April 1947 (aged 31)	1	Pas
22	1 GK	Rasoul Korbekandi	(1953-01-27)27 January 1953 (aged 25)	?	Zob Ahan

Netherlands

Head coach: Ernst Happel

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1 GK	Piet Schrijvers	(1946-12-15)15 December 1946 (aged 31)	16	Ajax
2	2 DF	Jan Poortvliet	(1955-09-21)21 September 1955 (aged 22)	1	PSV
3	3 MF	Dick Schoenaker	(1952-11-30)30 November 1952 (aged 25)	0	Ajax
4	2 DF	Adrie van Kraay	(1953-08-01)1 August 1953 (aged 24)	13	PSV
5	2 DF	Ruud Krol (captain)	(1949-03-24)24 March 1949 (aged 29)	52	Ajax
6	3 MF	Wim Jansen	(1946-10-28)28 October 1946 (aged 31)	50	Feyenoord
7	2 DF	Piet Wildschut	(1957-10-25)25 October 1957 (aged 20)	1	Twente
8	1 GK	Jan Jongbloed	(1940-11-25)25 November 1940 (aged 37)	19	Roda JC
9	3 MF	Arie Haan	(1948-11-16)16 November 1948 (aged 29)	24	Anderlecht
10	3 MF	René van de Kerkhof	(1951-09-16)16 September 1951 (aged 26)	20	PSV
11	3 MF	Willy van de Kerkhof	(1951-09-16)16 September 1951 (aged 26)	18	PSV
12	4 FW	Rob Rensenbrink	(1947-07-03)3 July 1947 (aged 30)	34	Anderlecht
13	3 MF	Johan Neeskens	(1951-09-15)15 September 1951 (aged 26)	38	Barcelona
14	3 MF	Johan Boskamp	(1948-10-21)21 October 1948 (aged 29)	1	Molenbeek
15	2 DF	Hugo Hovenkamp [b]	(1950-10-05)5 October 1950 (aged 27)	7	AZ
16	4 FW	Johnny Rep	(1951-11-25)25 November 1951 (aged 26)	23	Bastia
17	2 DF	Wim Rijsbergen	(1952-01-18)18 January 1952 (aged 26)	25	Feyenoord
18	4 FW	Dick Nanninga	(1949-01-17)17 January 1949 (aged 29)	1	Roda JC
19	1 GK	Pim Doesburg	(1943-10-28)28 October 1943 (aged 34)	2	Sparta Rotterdam
20	2 DF	Wim Suurbier	(1945-01-16)16 January 1945 (aged 33)	56	Schalke 04
21	4 FW	Harry Lubse	(1951-09-23)23 September 1951 (aged 26)	1	PSV
22	2 DF	Ernie Brandts	(1956-02-03)3 February 1956 (aged 22)	1	PSV

• Some of the players who had been in the Dutch squad at the 1974 FIFA World Cup, where the Netherlands used a purely alphabetical numbering system, were given the same numbers again in 1978. This applied to: Jan Jongbloed (number 8), René van de Kerkhof (number 10), Willy van de Kerkhof (number 11), Johan Neeskens (number 13), Johnny Rep (number 16), Wim Rijsbergen (number 17), and Wim Suurbier (number 20).
• Hugo Hovenkamp withdrew from the squad before the tournament began ^[1] , but after the deadline for naming replacement players had passed. The Netherlands thus went to the World Cup with only 21 players.

Peru

Head coach: Marcos Calderón

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1 GK	Ottorino Sartor	(1945-09-18)18 September 1945 (aged 32)	12	Colegio Nacional de Iquitos
2	2 DF	Jaime Duarte	(1955-02-27)27 February 1955 (aged 23)	0	Alianza Lima
3	2 DF	Rodolfo Manzo	(1949-06-05)5 June 1949 (aged 28)	16	Deportivo Municipal
4	2 DF	Héctor Chumpitaz (captain)	(1944-04-12)12 April 1944 (aged 34)	85	Sporting Cristal
5	2 DF	Rubén Toribio Díaz	(1952-04-17)17 April 1952 (aged 26)	36	Sporting Cristal
6	3 MF	José Velásquez	(1952-06-04)4 June 1952 (aged 25)	31	Alianza Lima
7	4 FW	Juan Muñante	(1948-06-12)12 June 1948 (aged 29)	42	UNAM Pumas
8	3 MF	César Cueto	(1952-06-16)16 June 1952 (aged 25)	1	Alianza Lima
9	3 MF	Percy Rojas	(1949-09-16)16 September 1949 (aged 28)	11	Sporting Cristal
10	3 MF	Teófilo Cubillas	(1949-03-08)8 March 1949 (aged 29)	70	Alianza Lima
11	4 FW	Juan Carlos Oblitas	(1951-02-16)16 February 1951 (aged 27)	32	Sporting Cristal
12	4 FW	Roberto Mosquera	(1956-06-21)21 June 1956 (aged 21)	1	Sporting Cristal
13	1 GK	Juan Cáceres	(1949-12-27)27 December 1949 (aged 28)	1	Alianza Lima
14	2 DF	José Navarro	(1948-09-24)24 September 1948 (aged 29)	5	Sporting Cristal
15	3 MF	Germán Leguía	(1954-01-02)2 January 1954 (aged 24)	0	Deportivo Municipal
16	3 MF	Raúl Gorriti	(1956-10-10)10 October 1956 (aged 21)	1	Sporting Cristal
17	3 MF	Alfredo Quesada	(1949-09-22)22 September 1949 (aged 28)	48	Sporting Cristal
18	3 MF	Ernesto Labarthe	(1956-06-02)2 June 1956 (aged 21)	0	Sport Boys
19	4 FW	Guillermo La Rosa	(1952-06-06)6 June 1952 (aged 25)	1	Alianza Lima
20	4 FW	Hugo Sotil	(1949-05-18)18 May 1949 (aged 29)	7	Alianza Lima
21	1 GK	Ramón Quiroga	(1950-07-23)23 July 1950 (aged 27)	2	Sporting Cristal
22	2 DF	Roberto Rojas	(1955-10-26)26 October 1955 (aged 22)	0	Alianza Lima

Scotland

Manager: Ally MacLeod

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1 GK	Alan Rough	(1951-11-25)25 November 1951 (aged 26)	18	Partick Thistle
2	2 DF	Sandy Jardine	(1948-12-31)31 December 1948 (aged 29)	33	Rangers
3	2 DF	Willie Donachie	(1951-10-05)5 October 1951 (aged 26)	30	Manchester City
4	2 DF	Martin Buchan	(1949-03-06)6 March 1949 (aged 29)	28	Manchester United
5	2 DF	Gordon McQueen	(1952-06-26)26 June 1952 (aged 25)	20	Manchester United
6	3 MF	Bruce Rioch (captain)	(1947-09-06)6 September 1947 (aged 30)	22	Derby County
7	3 MF	Don Masson	(1946-08-26)26 August 1946 (aged 31)	16	Derby County
8	4 FW	Kenny Dalglish	(1951-03-04)4 March 1951 (aged 27)	54	Liverpool
9	4 FW	Joe Jordan	(1951-12-15)15 December 1951 (aged 26)	30	Manchester United
10	3 MF	Asa Hartford	(1950-10-24)24 October 1950 (aged 27)	24	Manchester City
11	3 MF	Willie Johnston [c]	(1946-12-19)19 December 1946 (aged 31)	21	West Bromwich Albion
12	1 GK	Jim Blyth	(1955-02-02)2 February 1955 (aged 23)	2	Coventry City
13	2 DF	Stuart Kennedy	(1953-05-31)31 May 1953 (aged 25)	3	Aberdeen
14	2 DF	Tom Forsyth	(1949-01-23)23 January 1949 (aged 29)	19	Rangers
15	3 MF	Archie Gemmill	(1947-03-24)24 March 1947 (aged 31)	26	Nottingham Forest
16	4 FW	Lou Macari	(1949-06-07)7 June 1949 (aged 28)	22	Manchester United
17	4 FW	Derek Johnstone	(1953-11-04)4 November 1953 (aged 24)	13	Rangers
18	3 MF	Graeme Souness	(1953-05-06)6 May 1953 (aged 25)	6	Liverpool
19	4 FW	John Robertson	(1953-01-20)20 January 1953 (aged 25)	2	Nottingham Forest
20	1 GK	Bobby Clark	(1945-09-26)26 September 1945 (aged 32)	17	Aberdeen
21	4 FW	Joe Harper	(1948-01-11)11 January 1948 (aged 30)	3	Aberdeen
22	2 DF	Kenny Burns	(1953-09-23)23 September 1953 (aged 24)	11	Nottingham Forest

Notes

Each national team had to submit a squad of 22 players. All the teams included 3 goalkeepers, except Mexico who only called two.

1. Tarantini left clubless after a contractual dispute with Boca Juniors, six months before the World Cup.
2. Hugo Hovenkamp withdrew due to injury. As the deadline for calling up replacement players had passed, the Netherlands went to the World Cup with 21 players only.
3. Willie Johnston was sent home for failing a drug test after the first match against Peru.

Coaches representation by country

Nº	Country	Coaches
2	Austria	Ernst Happel (Netherlands), Helmut Senekowitsch
	Hungary	Lajos Baróti, Ladislao Kubala (Spain)
1	Argentina	César Luis Menotti
	Brazil	Cláudio Coutinho
	France	Michel Hidalgo
	Iran	Heshmat Mohajerani
	Italy	Enzo Bearzot
	Mexico	José Antonio Roca
	Peru	Marcos Calderón
	Poland	Jacek Gmoch
	Scotland	Ally MacLeod
	Sweden	Georg Ericson
	Tunisia	Abdelmajid Chetali
	West Germany	Helmut Schön

References

1. "Hugo Hovenkamp: "Het winnen van de beker gaf een gevoel van onoverwinnelijkheid"". nhnieuws.nl (in Dutch). 29 May 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2019.

External links

• Planet World Cup website
• at WorldFootball (in German)